Got Milk??

[freo1]

I mean seriously! Our boys ened some calcium!

The amount of bones we break is unbelievable

 

[tb_fanboy]

Shouldn't of dropped the calciYUM sponsor.

 

[Taylor]

I wonder what shin guards would have done towards the Barlow, Suban, Mayne (last year) and Mundy injuries.

 

[dominguez]

The Mundy injury looked bad live, his leg was at a 45 degree angle and the opposition player stood on it with significant weight. If he only misses 4 games it's a win considering.

 

[Chops_a_must]

Looked more like a medial or ankle injury though.

Twas weird.

 

[bfff]

I hate that part of Subi Oval, it must be an ancient burial ground.

 

[Nickos66]

We need some adamantium for fusing to leg bones.

 

[bfff]

I wonder what shin guards would have done towards the Barlow, Suban, Mayne (last year) and Mundy injuries.

Zero to nothing. Shin guards don't stop bones from being broken.

 

[Taylor]

Zero to nothing. Shin guards don't stop bones from being broken.

Don't they spread the impact over a larger area?

 

[creamygoodness]

"I don't get it Harves, we've been drinking plenty of.......Malk?!"

 

[BeinPurplenGreen]

The Mundy injury looked bad live, his leg was at a 45 degree angle and the opposition player stood on it with significant weight. If he only misses 4 games it's a win considering.

Indeed. I was sure it was an ACL the way that he landed, and then with the Bomber player falling on him as well.

Will be interesting to see what the final diagnosis is...

Edit - see http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-new...ndy-cleared-of-broken-leg-20110613-1g02g.html

Faaaark - 8 weeks on the sidelines??!!??!! And it isn't broken???

WTF?!!?

Geez the footy gods are getting back at us bigtime.

Fremantle midfielder David Mundy will spend up to eight weeks on the AFL sidelines despite being cleared of a broken leg. And goalsneak Hayden Ballantyne is expected to miss two weeks after straining his hamstring in Sunday's 34-point win over Essendon.

It was initially feared Mundy had fractured his fibula, which could have ruled him out for the rest of the year. But scans showed no crack to the bone, although the 2010 best and fairest winner would have to wear a protective moon boot for up to three weeks due to a significant high-ankle sprain.
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[Freo4life]

"I don't get it Harves, we've been drinking plenty of.......Malk?!"

 

[Freo Dr]

Was actually thinking something similar in none too serious fashion, except along the lines of caffiene maybe. Caffiene drinks and presume the tablets also are pretty good at leaching Calcium from your bones.

 

[IAMJUNGLEMUFFIN]

Memmories should be all over this, with the ideal consumption to weight formula, to increase transational-compumetric weight bearing loads on both left AND right legs. Sadly he is nowhere to be seen.

Lift your game Mems.

 

[IAMJUNGLEMUFFIN]

>600 mils or HTFU?

 

[PapaJ]

I wonder what shin guards would have done towards the Barlow, Suban, Mayne (last year) and Mundy injuries.

I've been wondering the same thing.

Zero to nothing. Shin guards don't stop bones from being broken.

And that is simply not true. Modern shin guards are designed to absorb localised impact and distribute it wider - thus reducing the chance of breaks and the severity when they occur. There are lots of players in other sports (mostly Association Football) who swear by them and a number of studies which back this up (eg. this one from The American Journal of Sports Medicine. Note the following:

Shin guards provided significant protection from tibia fracture at all drop heights. The average guard reduced force by 11% to 17% and strain by 45% to 51% compared with the unguarded leg. ... These findings indicate that all shin guards provide some measure of protection against tibia fracture

I've read the full article and it does illustrate that different guards in different circumstances will vary the results, but the short version is they are likely to help - and certainly wont hurt.

In Mundy's case it looks like it would have done little, Barlow's though and possibly even Suban's (if it was the those fancy sort that look to protect the ankle area a bit better) could well have helped.

AFL culture of not wearing protective gear baffles me really - I mean Barlow coming back from a serious leg break is mad not to wear one. They are uncomfortable, but you get used to them if you stick at it. Silly really.

 

[Clay Davis]

I doubt a shin guard would have helped Barlow.

 

[Seppo]

I doubt a shin guard would have helped Barlow.

Correct.

What would have helped is a the fancy tool called a 'Palmer Guard 2000'.

A barrier that keeps Rhys from getting onto the ground while Barlow is playing. I would suggest we invest in one of these this week.

 

[prattsta]

Correct.

What would have helped is a the fancy tool called a 'Palmer Guard 2000'.

A barrier that keeps Rhys from getting onto the ground while Barlow is playing. I would suggest we invest in one of these this week.

We have one already, it goes by the name of Mark Harvey.

 

[PapaJ]

I doubt a shin guard would have helped Barlow.

Possibly, it may not have helped given the weight of impact etc., but to say that they don't do squat (e.g. what Bfff said) is just plain wrong. They could make a big difference in stopping or reducing the severity of fractures and other bone issues in the lower leg, that's really the point I'm making.

 

[Clay Davis]

Possibly, it may not have helped given the weight of impact etc., but to say that they don't do squat (e.g. what Bfff said) is just plain wrong. They could make a big difference in stopping or reducing the severity of fractures and other bone issues in the lower leg, that's really the point I'm making.

But do they help with leg fractures only to cause injuries elsewhere? It's fine to say they stop a broken leg, and even in Barlow's case they may have, but with his momentum and type of impact it could have gone from being a Barlow broken leg to a Jaymie Graham type knee injury.

 

[prattsta]

Would players actually wear shin guards anyway? Until it was outlawed recently some players used to cut their socks to reduce the weight they carried around...

 

[bfff]

Possibly, it may not have helped given the weight of impact etc., but to say that they don't do squat (e.g. what Bfff said) is just plain wrong. They could make a big difference in stopping or reducing the severity of fractures and other bone issues in the lower leg, that's really the point I'm making.

They may help in other sports but not in Australian Football. How common are shin impacts compared to soccer or hockey? A shin guard would not stop someone that gets stood on or hit by a player's full weight at high speed from being injured severely. Ruckmen wear them but they jump front on into each other.

 

[Seppo]

They may help in other sports but not in Australian Football. How common are shin impacts compared to soccer or hockey? A shin guard would not stop someone that gets stood on or hit by a player's full weight at high speed from being injured severely. Ruckmen wear them but they jump front on into each other.

Barlow should wear them. Palmer runs front on into each other.

 

[jusjoshin]

this is what I thought when I saw the thread title.